Dr Megerssa Walo

Research Fellow

Dr Megerssa is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Social Impact Swinburne. He joined the research team in January 2018 after completing his PhD entitled Regional Development: Society and Culture from the University of Tasmania. Megerssa has over six years’ experience in teaching and administration at public and private universities in Ethiopia. Prior to joining CSI Swinburne, Megerssa took up the role of research assistant at RDS Partners Ltd evaluating the social impact of the ACIAR funded Fisheries Program in the Asia-Pacific Region.

Megerssa’s research involves understanding the dynamics of local and regional development, value chains, and social impact in Australia and internationally, and has eight publications in this research area.